(TFT) Naginatas

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

At 03:55 PM 2/11/2015, David wrote:
> Realistically, if naginata were that good everybody would copy them and
> they wouldn't be exotic for long.

Historically, naginatas were used as a mainstream military polearm. 
They're at least as powerful as a katana, which is comparable to a 
fine bastard sword, and are quite capable of impaling/thrusting 
attacks. I don't think nerfing them down to 1+1 with no charge damage 
bonus makes much sense. I also don't think requiring an extra talent 
for them makes much sense _unless_ you are giving them some sort of 
bonus, and so I don't see a problem for TFT: I take it as a 
specialized weapon art that uses a particular weapon and trades study 
for more-efficient-than-normal damage, while not being more deadly 
than a heavier ordinary polearm, so I don't see it as a real balance issue.

I'd suggest that it opens the door to other specialized weapon 
talents that require similar training requirements, focus on one 
weapon, and give essentially a +1 something to a single weapon that 
isn't otherwise the best weapon of it's general type. (i.e. it might 
be somewhat more of a balance issue if it applied to a ST 15-16 
weapon that can be made very fine, (and more so with Rick's +3 damage 
for 2-handers) though then again, maybe not).

PvK 

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